Ward fought just 32 fights, including fighting only six times after the age of 28. He won all 32, though, becoming one of just 14 professional fighters to retire as undefeated champions.
Ward reached the pinnacle of his career in his next fight. He dominated Ring light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson, who was coming off an impressive victory over Bernard Hopkins. Ward so thoroughly battered Dawson that he asked the referee to stop the fight in the 10th round by saying, "It's over. I'm finished. I'm done."
Up to that point, Ward was building a Top 20 all-time resume. Then one thing or another kept him out of the ring. He was supposed to fight Kelly Pavlik in 2013, but the fight got delayed and then Pavlik retired. He did fight an undefeated Edwin Rodriguez later that year and won easily.
Ward spent all of 2014 feuding with promoters. In 2015, he finally returned and moved up to light heavyweight, winning three times and picking up the fringe WBO title.
Those wins set up a fight with undefeated Sergey Kovalev for his three light heavy titles (WBA, IBF and WBO) in November, 2016.
Kovalev knocked Ward down in the second round but faded late in the fight. All three judges scored the fight 114-113 for Ward, although the vast majority of boxing experts believe Kovalev should have won the decision.
In the rematch, Ward was ahead on two of the three cards when he landed a right that knocked Kovalev into the ropes. Ward landed several more punches, including one that was clearly low, when the referee stopped the fight.
Three months later, Ward retired at the age of 33, and he's stayed retired.
This ranking gives bonus points to wins over Hall of Fame fighters. Ward is so recent that voters haven't had a chance to judge his contemporaries. As said before, Kessler, Abraham and Froch will all get serious considerating as will Chad Dawson and perhaps even Kovalev. If those fighters get voted in, Ward will climb this list significantly. But he'll never threaten the top 20, which is where it was appeared he was headed on the night he dominated Dawson.
| Andre Ward | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significant Fights | |||||||
| Opponent | Result | Fight Points |
Title Points |
HOF Points |
Total | x Win % | Final Total |
| Jerson Ravelo | KO | 100 | 20 | 120 | 90.00% | 108.0 | |
| Henry Buchanan | UD-W | 90 | 20 | 110 | 94.44% | 103.9 | |
| Edison Miranda | UD-W | 90 | 20 | 110 | 91.43% | 100.6 | |
| Mikkel Kessler | UD-W | 90 | 40 | 130 | 97.67% | 127.0 | |
| Allan Green | UD-W | 90 | 40 | 130 | 96.67% | 125.7 | |
| Sakio Bika | UD-W | 90 | 40 | 130 | 87.50% | 113.8 | |
| Arthur Abraham | UD-W | 90 | 40 | 130 | 94.12% | 122.4 | |
| Carl Froch | UD-W | 90 | 60 | 150 | 96.55% | 144.8 | |
| Chad Dawson | KO | 100 | 60 | 160 | 96.88% | 155.0 | |
| Edwin Rodriguez | UD-W | 90 | 40 | 130 | 100.00% | 130.0 | |
| Alexander Brand | UD-W | 90 | 20 | 110 | 96.15% | 105.8 | |
| Sergey Kovalev | UD-W | 90 | 80 | 170 | 100.00% | 170.0 | |
| Sergey Kovalev | KO | 100 | 80 | 180 | 96.77% | 174.2 | |
| Totals (13-0-0, 3 KOs) | 1,681.0 | ||||||
| Record in non-significant fights | |||||||
| 19-0-0, 13 KOs | 1,840 | ||||||
| % of fights toward 50 (100%) | 1,840 | 1,840 | 79.87% | 1,469.6 | |||
| 18 fight adjustment to 50 | 77.35 | x18 | 1,392.3 | 75.00% | 1,044.2 | ||
| Totals | 4,194.8 | ||||||
| Peak 5 Fights | |||||||
| Sergey Kovalev | 174.2 | ||||||
| Sergey Kovalev | 170.0 | ||||||
| Chad Dawson | 155.0 | ||||||
| Carl Froch | 144.8 | ||||||
| Edwin Rodriguez | 130.0 | ||||||
| Peak 5 Totals | 774.0 | ||||||
| Final Totals (significant, non-significant, Peak 5) | 4,968.9 | ||||||
| Boxing's 100 Countdown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Fighter | Significant Fights |
Non-Significant Fights |
Peak 5 | Final Total |
| 72. | Andre Ward | 1,681.0 | 2,513.8 | 774.0 | 4,968.9 |
| 73. | Gene Tunney | 1,578.0 | 2,260.9 | 1,114.9 | 4,953.8 |
| 74. | Terry Norris | 2,777.9 | 1,327.0 | 847.2 | 4,952.2 |
| 75. | Ike Williams | 2,209.4 | 1,667.5 | 1,055.3 | 4,932.2 |
| 76. | Vasiliy Lomachenko | 1,866.8 | 2,343.9 | 714.8 | 4,925.4 |
| 77. | Mike McCallum | 1,998.4 | 2,124.3 | 800.4 | 4,923.2 |
| 78. | Billy Conn | 1,937.3 | 1,936.1 | 1,031.5 | 4,905.0 |
| 79. | Benny Leonard | 1,729.8 | 2,089.5 | 1,040.1 | 4,859.4 |
| 80. | Sugar Shane Mosley | 2,479.9 | 1,512.3 | 858.7 | 4,850.9 |
| 81. | Lou Ambers | 1,589.2 | 2,098.7 | 1,158.2 | 4,846.1 |
| 82. | Harry Wills | 2,564.4 | 1,355.7 | 923.7 | 4,843.8 |
| 83. | Mickey Walker | 1,987.8 | 1,775.7 | 1,075.4 | 4,838.8 |
| 84. | Joe Gans | 2,314.9 | 1,639.8 | 883.0 | 4,837.6 |
| 85. | Sven Ottke | 2,824.5 | 1,317.7 | 687.5 | 4,829.7 |
| 86. | Ronald "Winky" Wright | 2,243.3 | 1,658.3 | 922.5 | 4,824.1 |
| 87. | Fighting Harada | 1,259.6 | 2,409.2 | 1,105.9 | 4,774.7 |
| 88. | Humberto Gonzalez | 1,866.7 | 1,952.3 | 907.3 | 4,726.4 |
| 89. | Ricardo Lopez | 2,830.5 | 1,188.1 | 702.7 | 4,721.3 |
| 90. | Carmen Basilio | 1,723.3 | 1,804.7 | 1,184.1 | 4,712.2 |
| 91. | Orlando Canizales | 2,529.3 | 1,510.3 | 669.3 | 4,708.9 |
| 92. | Jeff Fenech | 2,103.9 | 1,728.7 | 844.8 | 4,677.4 |
| 93. | Michael Carbajal | 2,333.7 | 1,519.2 | 817.0 | 4,669.9 |
| 94. | Marcel Thil | 2,579.8 | 1,170.9 | 900.9 | 4,651.6 |
| 95. | Nicolino Locche | 1,858.0 | 1,946.8 | 820.3 | 4,625.1 |
| 96. | Ricky Hatton | 3,458.8 | 449.1 | 708.9 | 4,616.8 |
| 97. | Ismael Laguna | 1,059.5 | 2,659.4 | 889.9 | 4,608.7 |
| 98. | Ramon "Chocalatito" Gonzalez | 2,187.1 | 1,771.9 | 638.6 | 4,597.5 |
| 99. | Wilfredo Benitez | 1,439.4 | 2,223.0 | 914.4 | 4,586.8 |
| 100. | Carlos Zarate | 1,124.2 | 2,707.1 | 751.5 | 4,582.8 |
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